Jim Prince on December 30th, 2011

I love this stuff. Embedded Link 106 of the most beloved Street Art Photos – Year 2011 photos and videos of street art, graffiti and urban art from artist like Banksy, Blu, Invader and JR from Berlin, London, New York and so on. Google+: View post on Google+

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Jim Prince on December 28th, 2011

I'm looking forward to series two of Sherlock on New Years Day. Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat can do no wrong – Dr Who, The League of Gentlemen, Press Gang, Joking Apart, Coupling all great. Plus I loved the first series of this. Embedded Link Sherlock Crime drama series. Sherlock Holmes and John Watson's adventures [...]

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Jim Prince on December 21st, 2011

This has been a long time coming. I can't wait, though I'm still not sure about Martin Freeman as Bilbo. Google+: View post on Google+

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Jim Prince on December 20th, 2011

According to Ofcom, TalkTalk is our worst ISP with the largest number of complaints over the past year. I've been with TalkTalk for years and had very few problems, though the speed isn't great – circa 6 MB. I've tried to change ISP several times but the likes of Orange and Sky won't have me [...]

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Jim Prince on December 16th, 2011

All in all I think it's been a fairly quiet year. Google+: View post on Google+

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Jim Prince on December 15th, 2011

It had to be Logitech becuase I love the hyper-fast scrolling feature. You can adjust the DPI on the fly as well which is quite cool but somehow I doubt it'll make me a better gamer. Embedded Link Logitech – Gaming Mouse G500 The Logitech G500 Gaming mouse has onboard memory, weight tuning, & adjustable [...]

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Jim Prince on December 9th, 2011

Very interesting development, nice one HP! Now if only I could pick up a TouchPad on the cheap!! Embedded Link HP to Contribute webOS to Open Source HP today announced it will contribute the webOS software to the open source community. Google+: View post on Google+

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Jim Prince on December 9th, 2011

It was interesting to watch the Facebook employee struggling to justify the way the Like Button exploits users through advertising. "So let's pause (awkward silence) that's interesting, you're asking a profound question"…. It's about 50 minutes in. It ends with "ask not what Facebook can do for you, but what you can do for Facebook". [...]

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Jim Prince on December 8th, 2011

Such a shame models like this are so rarely used in Movies. Bluescreen technology (or Chroma key compositing as Wikipedia helpfully informs me) has a lot to answer for. Embedded Link All Your Miniature Star Wars Fantasies Come True Star Wars is epic, spawning movies, toys, and video games. That's doesn't mean it's too big [...]

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According to this study 84% of almost 10,000 Web Applications tested were deemed insecure. This is pretty damning but not at all surprising. We (well IT professionals in general) should really be trying much harder than this. Embedded Link Insecure Applications: We Are The 84 Percent! | threatpost New data from application testing firm Veracode [...]

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